Sources for More Information
Many sources of drug information are available. Some of the more reliable
ones are listed here. A good strategy is to consult sources that take differing
stands on the subject. In addition to objective scientific authorities noted be-
low, authorities approaching drug use from different slants are noted. Each
advocacy group noted below offers scientific information, but each tends to
emphasize findings supporting the group’s stance. By consulting groups tak-
ing different stances a more complete picture of a specific topic can emerge.
Unlike books, the content of Internet Web sites may change, as may the
addresses of those sites. Such transformations are inherent to the Internet and
part of its strength, and users of the World Wide Web must deal with those
changes. Many of these print and electronic sources refer users to additional
sources for more information about covered topics, so the references below
are excellent guides that can direct persons to paths of information going as
deeply as anyone would want to go into a particular aspect of a particular
drug.
Internet Web sites listed here can be accessed free of charge. Some sites are
particularly valuable for tracking information published in scientific journals.
Summaries of these articles are often available directly on a site, and if a
person looks up the original article in a library, that article will likely provide
references to still more sources of scientific information about a substance.
Many discoveries are detailed in these journal articles. They are a primary
source of scientific information.
PRINT SOURCES
AHFS Drug Information. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharma-
cists, various years. This frequently updated manual of the American Hospital